"Alvah Curtis Roebuck Alvah Curtis Roebuck (January 9, 1864 – June 18, 1948) was the co-founder of Sears, Roebuck and Company with his partner Richard Warren Sears. Alvah Curtis Roebuck was born on January 9, 1864 in Lafayette, Indiana. He began work as a watchmaker in a Hammond, Indiana, jewelry store at age 12. Roebuck co-founded Sears, Roebuck and Company with Richard Warren Sears in 1891. In 1895, Roebuck asked Sears to buy him out for about $20,000. At Richard Sears' request, Roebuck took charge of a division that handled watches, jewelry, optical goods, and, later, phonographs, magic lanterns and"
"died on June 18, 1948 while visiting his daughter in Evanston, Illinois. He was 84 years old. He was buried at the Acacia Park Cemetery in Chicago, Illinois. Alvah Curtis Roebuck Alvah Curtis Roebuck (January 9, 1864 – June 18, 1948) was the co-founder of Sears, Roebuck and Company with his partner Richard Warren Sears. Alvah Curtis Roebuck was born on January 9, 1864 in Lafayette, Indiana. He began work as a watchmaker in a Hammond, Indiana, jewelry store at age 12. Roebuck co-founded Sears, Roebuck and Company with Richard Warren Sears in 1891. In 1895, Roebuck asked Sears to"
"American businessman and founder of the department store chain R.H. Macy & Company, died on 29 March 1877 in Paris. Richard Warren Sears, an American businessman and founder of the department store chain Sears, Roebuck and Company, died on September 28, 1914 in Waukesha, Wisconsin. The famous dwarf Commodore Nutt died in New York on May 25, 1881. The Impressionist painter Mary Cassatt's sister Lydia died in 1882. Alice Hathaway Lee Roosevelt, first wife of Theodore Roosevelt, died on 14 February 1884. American tennis pioneer Mary Ewing Outerbridge died at the age of 34, on May 3, 1886. Poet Emily"
"cancer at his home in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Maurice Lazarus Maurice ""Mogie"" Lazarus (June 27, 1915 – May 4, 2004) was an American retailing executive who served as president of Filene's and founded Harvard Pilgrim Health Care. Lazarus was born to a Jewish family on June 27, 1915 in Columbus, Ohio, the son of Meta (née Marx) and Fred Lazarus Jr. and great-grandson of Simon Lazarus, the founder of F&R Lazarus & Company. His father co-founded Federated Department Stores in 1929 which entailed merging F&R Lazarus & Company (including its Cincinnati division, then known as Shillito's), Abraham & Straus, and William"
"eight years until 1918 when she married Felix Fuld. The Fulds continued to live with Louis Bamberger, a bachelor, until the last survivor died in 1943. Felix Fuld succumbed to influenza and pneumonia and died on January 20, 1929, at his home in South Orange. A memorial service was held in the Old First Presbyterian Church in Newark attended by many of the City's notables. Felix Fuld Felix Fuld (19 July 1868 – 20 January 1929) built one of America’s well-known department stores – L. Bamberger & Company with his partner, Louis Bamberger. He was an early 20th century philanthropist"
"time of the sale. The company retained its 50 stores in Buffalo, New York, which were profitable operations. In 1933, company co-founder Theodore Pringle Loblaw died suddenly of complications from minor surgery. Eulogized as ""the Merchant Prince"" by the press, Loblaw was remembered not only for his accomplishments in business but also his religious conviction and personal philanthropy that benefited local charities such as the Kiwanis Boys Clubs of Toronto and the Stevenson Memorial Hospital of his hometown of Alliston, Ontario. After Loblaw's death, co-founder John Milton Cork (1870-1957) took charge of the company. During the early 1930s, Loblaw Groceterias"
"died on October 23, 2015 from gastric cancer. He was 66 years old. Thomas G. Stemberg Thomas George Stemberg (January 18, 1949 – October 23, 2015) was an American businessman, investor, and philanthropist. He was a pioneer of the office supplies superstore industry, most notably for founding office supply retail chain Staples Inc. with Leo Kahn. Hailed as a retail pioneer and innovator, he developed and launched the first line of generic food sold in the US and revolutionized the office supply business by eliminating wholesalers and selling directly to customers through his warehouse-like superstores. He adapted a simple objective"
"Arkansas at the age of 87. William T. Dillard William Thomas Dillard (September 2, 1914 – February 8, 2002) was an American businessman. He was the founder of the Dillard's Department Stores chain. William T Dillard was born on September 2, 1914, to Thomas J. Dillard and Hattie Mae Gibson Dillard, both grocers. Dillard found employment with Sears & Roebuck Company where he gained experience in retail business. He graduated from the University of Arkansas with a degree in Business Administration and earned a Master's Degree from Columbia University. He was a member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. Dillard"
"on October 15 at Temple Beth-El. Hattie Bloomingdale died in 1941, at the age of 89 at her home at 570 Park Avenue. Lyman Bloomingdale Lyman Gustave Bloomingdale (February 11, 1841 – October 13, 1905) was an American businessman and philanthropist. He is best known for retail, and in April 1872, with his brother Joseph, founded Bloomingdales Department Store on 56th Street in New York City. Lyman Bloomingdale was born on February 11, 1841 in New York City. The son of the Bavarian-born, German Jewish immigrant Benjamin Bloomingdale and Hannah Weil, Lyman and his brother Joseph were trained in the"
"men responsible for the merger were Karl Ludvig Lundberg and Josef Sachs (1872–1949), who wanted to establish a department store that would offer the same level of service as the stores in Paris or London. On September 21, 1915 the building designed and built especially for the department store was inaugurated on Hamngatan, over the street from the Kungsträdgården park in Stockholm. Ferdinand Boberg, Sweden's leading Art Nouveau architect, designed the building. He was influenced by American department stores, giving the structure an internal load-bearing steel structure and an external facade of granite. Ivar Kreuger's company Kreuger & Toll was"
"birthplace in Stewartville is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Sears was inducted into the Junior Achievement U.S. Business Hall of Fame in 1992. Richard Warren Sears Richard Warren Sears (December 7, 1863 – September 28, 1914) was an American manager, businessman and the founder of Sears, Roebuck and Company with his partner Alvah Curtis Roebuck. Sears was born in Stewartville, Minnesota. His father was James Warren Sears, born circa 1828 in New York, a blacksmith and wagon-maker; his mother was Eliza Burton, born in Ohio circa 1843. The family was living in Spring Valley, Minnesota by June"
"Maurice Lazarus Maurice ""Mogie"" Lazarus (June 27, 1915 – May 4, 2004) was an American retailing executive who served as president of Filene's and founded Harvard Pilgrim Health Care. Lazarus was born to a Jewish family on June 27, 1915 in Columbus, Ohio, the son of Meta (née Marx) and Fred Lazarus Jr. and great-grandson of Simon Lazarus, the founder of F&R Lazarus & Company. His father co-founded Federated Department Stores in 1929 which entailed merging F&R Lazarus & Company (including its Cincinnati division, then known as Shillito's), Abraham & Straus, and William Filene's Sons of Boston, under a single"
"save money."" Theodor Albrecht died 24 July 2010, in his home town of Essen, Germany. Theo Albrecht Theodor Paul ""Theo"" Albrecht (; 28 March 1922 – 24 July 2010) was a German entrepreneur, who in 2010 was ranked by Forbes as the 31st richest person in the world, with a net worth of $16.7 billion. He owned and was the CEO of the Aldi Nord discount supermarket chain. In the US he owned the Trader Joe's specialty grocery store chain. His brother Karl Albrecht owned the Aldi Süd discount supermarket chain. The two chains originally were a single family enterprise"
"Felix Fuld Felix Fuld (19 July 1868 – 20 January 1929) built one of America’s well-known department stores – L. Bamberger & Company with his partner, Louis Bamberger. He was an early 20th century philanthropist contributing to many local, regional, and international organizations. He arrived in Newark, New Jersey in 1892 and soon thereafter established the department store with Louis Bamberger and Louis Frank. Felix Fuld married his business partner’s sister, Caroline Bamberger Fuld who carried on his charitable work after his death at age 60, including the establishment of the Institute for Advanced Study. Felix Fuld was born in"
"Richard Warren Sears Richard Warren Sears (December 7, 1863 – September 28, 1914) was an American manager, businessman and the founder of Sears, Roebuck and Company with his partner Alvah Curtis Roebuck. Sears was born in Stewartville, Minnesota. His father was James Warren Sears, born circa 1828 in New York, a blacksmith and wagon-maker; his mother was Eliza Burton, born in Ohio circa 1843. The family was living in Spring Valley, Minnesota by June 1870, where his father served as a city councilman and eventually sold his wagon shop in 1875. Both of his parents were of English descent. During"
"2004; Betty had Alzheimer's disease, and Jay had Parkinson's. Jay Van Andel Jay Van Andel (June 3, 1924 – December 7, 2004) was an American businessman, best known as co-founder of the Amway Corporation, along with Richard DeVos. He also served as chairman of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce from 1979 to 1980 and later as a member of its Senior Council from 1980 to 1985. He was also known for funding religious missions and conservative political causes, including the Republican Party. In 1949, Van Andel and DeVos became distributors of Nutrilite dietary supplements. They added cleaning products including Liquid"
"1967, Modell founded the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America, a non-profit, volunteer-driven organization dedicated to finding cures for Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis and improving the quality of life of its victims. William Modell died in Manhattan on February 14, 2008, of complications from prostate cancer at the age of 86. William Modell William D. Modell (May 13, 1921 – February 14, 2008) was an American businessman who served as the chairman of the Modell's Sporting Goods retail chain. Modell was born on May 13, 1921 to a Jewish family. He grew up in the Manhattan Beach neighborhood of"
"though he later stopped contributions. Numerous places have been named after Kresge: S. S. Kresge Sebastian Spering Kresge (July 31, 1867 – October 18, 1966) was an American businessman. He created and owned two chains of department stores, the S. S. Kresge Company, one of the 20th century's largest discount retail organizations, and the Kresge-Newark traditional department store chain. The discounter was renamed the Kmart Corporation in 1977 and evolved into today's Sears Holdings Corporation, parent of Kmart and Sears. Kresge was born near Allentown, Pennsylvania, the son of Sebastian Kresge and the former Catherine Kunkle. Living on the family"
"on May 23, 1919. The store was founded by American businessmen Robert Jackson of New Hampshire and William J. Pentland of Connecticut. Pentland was manager of A&P stores in Connecticut and was hired by Jackson. By the end of 1919, they had a 20-store chain of which 18 were acquired from rival Loblaws. A year later, they had 61 stores. In 1929, Dominion tried to acquire a stake in Loblaws, but the stock market crash ended the growth. During the Depression, Dominion lost both founders: Jackson went bankrupt and Pentland was killed in an auto accident in 1933. Dominion's leadership"
"Al Boscov came out of retirement and regained control of the company. As part of the bankruptcy, 10 stores were closed. The company emerged from bankruptcy in September 2009. Albert Boscov died from pancreatic cancer on February 10, 2017, at the age of 87. The chain is now headed by his nephew, Jim Boscov. Boscov's continuing success makes it regarded as an ""outlier"" in a retail market where many department store chains are failing and closing stores. Boscov's saw record sales of $1.2 billion in 2017. Since 2009, the chain continues to expand and opened its 47th store in Milford,"
"Illinois, on January 6, 1932. Julius Rosenwald Julius Rosenwald (August 12, 1862 – January 6, 1932) was an American businessman and philanthropist. He is best known as a part-owner and leader of Sears, Roebuck and Company, and for establishing the Rosenwald Fund, which donated millions in matching funds to support the education of African American children in the rural South, as well as other philanthropic causes in the first half of the 20th century. He was also the principal founder and backer for the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago, to which he gave more than $5 million and"
"Thomas G. Stemberg Thomas George Stemberg (January 18, 1949 – October 23, 2015) was an American businessman, investor, and philanthropist. He was a pioneer of the office supplies superstore industry, most notably for founding office supply retail chain Staples Inc. with Leo Kahn. Hailed as a retail pioneer and innovator, he developed and launched the first line of generic food sold in the US and revolutionized the office supply business by eliminating wholesalers and selling directly to customers through his warehouse-like superstores. He adapted a simple objective that later became the foundation of Staples Inc. He always emphasized that his"
"continued to grow and in 1914 opened a new department store in Briggate, Leeds. This store was later expanded in 1938 by purchasing neighbouring department store H & D Hart. After the death of Matthias in 1929, his sons took over the running of the business with his son Cyril running the Stockton branch until he retired. The Stockton branch was then run by his grandson, Lionel, who was later responsible for negotiating the sale of the business to Debenhams. The Leeds store was run by another of Mathias's grandsons, Cecil. The business expanded in 1961 with the purchase of"
"later, in 1924, Rosenwald resigned the presidency, but remained as chairman; his goal was to devote more time to philanthropy. First he oversaw the design and construction of the company's first department store within Sears, Roebuck's massive 16-hectare (40-acre) headquarters complex of offices, laboratories, and mail-order operations at Homan Ave. and Arthington St. on Chicago's West Side. The store opened on February 2, 1925. After leaving the presidency, Rosenwald was appointed chairman of the Board of Sears, a position he held until his death in 1932. After the 1906 financial reorganization of Sears, Rosenwald became friends with Goldman Sachs's other"
"that afternoon. Ralphs's body was shipped back to Hollywood where he and his family lived. His funeral was held on June 24. He was buried in Evergreen Cemetery in Los Angeles. George Ralphs George Albert Ralphs (September 23, 1850 – June 21, 1914) was an American businessman. He founded the Ralphs supermarket chain in Southern California, with the help of his brother Walter. Ralphs was born in Missouri. His family moved to San Bernardino, California when he was a child. As an adult, Ralphs worked in Los Angeles area as a bricklayers' apprentice. After losing his left arm in a"
"Sears Sears, Roebuck and Company, colloquially known as Sears, is an American chain of department stores founded by Richard Warren Sears and Alvah Curtis Roebuck in 1893, reincorporated (a formality for a history-making consumer sector initial public offering) by Richard Sears and new partner Julius Rosenwald in 1906. Formerly based at the Sears Tower in Chicago and currently headquartered in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, the operation began as a mail ordering catalog company and began opening retail locations in 1925. The first location was in Evansville, Indiana. In 2005, the company was bought by the management of the American big box"
"Albert Boscov Albert Boscov (September 22, 1929 – February 10, 2017) was an American businessman and philanthropist. He was the long-time head of Boscov's Department Stores and served as the company's chairman and CEO until retiring in 2015. In 2009, Boscov led a buyout of his eponymous company in an effort to rescue it from bankruptcy. Boscov died on February 10, 2017 from pancreatic cancer. Boscov was born in Reading, Pennsylvania in 1929, the son of Russian Jewish immigrants Solomon and Ethel Boscov. His father had arrived in Reading in 1911 where he founded a dry goods store in a"
"Charles Von der Ahe Charles Theodore Von der Ahe (August 29, 1882 – June 4, 1973) was an American businessman, best known as an early innovator in the grocery business in Southern California, and founder of Vons supermarket chain in Southern California along with his two sons, Wilfred and Theodore. Von der Ahe's parents were Charles Rudolph Peter Von der Ahe (1858 – 1918) and Caroline Sophie Larsen (1858 – 1917). Von der Ahe's family moved from Denmark to the United States in 1889, and they eventually settled in Illinois. Even though Charles was born in Denmark, the Von der"
"revenue of $25 billion (equivalent to $ in 2019). Federated Department Stores was founded in Columbus, Ohio, on November 25, 1929, as a department store holding company for Abraham & Straus, F&R Lazarus & Company (including its Cincinnati division, then known as Shillito's) and William Filene's Sons of Boston, with Bloomingdale Brothers of New York joining the next year. Founded by Xavier Warren, Federated was the successor to the Lazarus operation begun in Columbus in 1851. In the mid-1930s, a modern merchandising standard was set when Fred Lazarus Jr. arranged garments in groups of a single size with a range"
"in several phases at the same location with construction starting in 1913 while the current store remained in business. The Broadway The Broadway was a mid-level department store chain headquartered in Los Angeles, California. Founded in 1896 by English born Arthur Letts, Sr., who later went on to develop Holmby Hills, the Broadway became one of the dominant retailers in Southern California and the Southwest. In 1950, the company merged with Sacramento-based Hale Brothers to form Broadway-Hale Stores. The Broadway bought out competitors in Los Angeles (B.H. Dyas, Milliron's, and Coulter's), San Diego (Marston's), and Phoenix (Korrick's). In later years"
"Hill Cemetery, Pontiac which in 2002 was sadly vandalised by a local man using it as a lockup. His only surviving son Carleton Raymond Mabley co-founded the Smith and Mabley auto manufacturing company of New York City. C. R. Mabley Christopher Richards Mabley (1836–1885) was the founder of a chain of department stores in the USA. He was known as ""The Merchant Prince"". Mabley was born on Feb 22, 1836 in St. Minver, Cornwall, England to William and Mary née Richards Mably. His first wife, Catherine, bore him at least 8 children of whom only two or three girls survived"
"C. R. Mabley Christopher Richards Mabley (1836–1885) was the founder of a chain of department stores in the USA. He was known as ""The Merchant Prince"". Mabley was born on Feb 22, 1836 in St. Minver, Cornwall, England to William and Mary née Richards Mably. His first wife, Catherine, bore him at least 8 children of whom only two or three girls survived to adulthood. Around 1875 he married Katherine Morice Hull (with whom he had another 6 children) and in 1877 emigrated via Toronto (where his father set up as a silk merchant) to America. There he opened a"
"has also chaired the American Chamber of Commerce in China (AmCham China). His grandchildren include Olympic oarsman Jamie Schroeder. He turned 100 in October 2011 and died in February 2014 at the age of 102. Emory Williams Emory Williams, Sr. (October 26, 1911 – February 11, 2014) was an American businessman and entrepreneur. He was the chief financial officer of Sears Roebuck during the 1960s, when Sears was the largest retailer in the world. He went on to become president and chairman of the Sears Bank, a Chicago lender (later acquired by Old Kent Bank), and the president and chairman"